Xprint from source has killed my KDE

I downloaded and installed 
xprint-2004-07-07-release_009_001-0.9.001.i386.rpm on a RH 7.3 
workstation. After what appeared to be a successful build and install I 
lost my /etc/init.d symbolic link and failed to startup. I repaired that 
but I'm now unable to start KDE though thankfully gdm still works.

What likely went wrong and more importantly how can I repair or 
reinstall KDE et. al. without being lame and doing a whole 7.3 reinstall 
or upgrade to newer version?

billk